John C. Bennett | |
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![]() Engraving of John C. Bennett as Major General of the Nauvoo Legion (in a hand-in-waistcoat pose) | |
Assistant President of the Church | |
April 8, 1841[1] | – May 11, 1842|
Called by | Joseph Smith |
End reason | Excommunicated and removed from position |
1st Mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois | |
In office | |
February 1, 1841[2] – May 17, 1842[1] | |
Successor | Joseph Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | John Cook Bennett August 4, 1804 Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States |
Died | August 5, 1867 Polk City, Iowa, United States | (aged 63)
Resting place | Polk City Cemetery 41°46′23″N 93°42′07″W / 41.773°N 93.702°W |
Spouse(s) |
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Children | 3, Mary A. Bennett, Joseph Barker Bennett, and George G. Bennett |
Parents | John Bennett Abigail Cook |
John Cook Bennett (August 4, 1804 – August 5, 1867) was an American physician and briefly a ranking and influential leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, who acted as mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, and Major-General of the Nauvoo Legion in the early 1840s.
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